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chao pescao *

* goodbye fish

Similar to the English "see you later alligator", it's a colloquial expression used with friends to say goodbye in a funny, rhyming way.

"Nos vemos el martes, ¡chao pescao!"

Added by giadafardin

siling it down

Just a local way in Yorkshire and the North East of England to talk about heavy rainfall.

"It's siling it down out there."

Added by saraw

chafé

A mix of the words "chá" and "café" ("tea" and "coffee", in English) used to refer to a very bad and weak coffee.

"Nossa, este café está muito aguado! Nunca mais tomo este chafé."

Added by marilordelo

פרצוף תשעה באב *

* Tisha Be-Av face

As the English expression "long face", meaning, a facial expression denoting sadness, disappointment or gloom. From the fact that תשעה באב (Tisha Be-Av) is a mourning day that commemorates various tragedies in Jewish history, the most central of which are the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Used primarily in a humorous context.

"תסתכל עליו. מאז שהקבוצה שלו הפסידה בגמר, הוא מסתובב עם פרצוף תשעה באב."

Added by anonymous

papak

Papak is a person who does not know the manners, who does not know the unwritten rules, who lacks social skills, who might have all the material stuff but lack basic knowledge of gramma, who might have been born in a centre of a big city but not be street smart.

“Ne budi papak, pridruži nam se na zabavi večeras!”

Added by anonymous

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